Parashat Beshalach
January 26th, 2013 - 15th of Shevat 5773 
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Candlelighting 4:52 pm

Havdalah 5:55 pm

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Tu B'Shevat Seder and Shabbat Dinner  

Hazon et HaKol: Providing Food for All? 

 

Tu B'Shevat Seder Friday, January 25

  

Cost: $18/person & $60/family;

4 & under free

 

Menu: Herb Roasted Chicken or Vegetarian Stuffed Pepper, Salad, Baby Potatoes, Roasted Asparagus

 

 

Call the Beth Jacob office to sign up.

  

As part of the celebration of this event, please help others to also celebrate by bringing food donations for Second Harvest.

 

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A joint program of the Congregational Learning & Social Justice Committees

 
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Hamentaschen Baking

 

10 am - 1 pm
This Sunday, Jan. 27
Next Sunday, Feb. 3

 

It wouldn't be Purim without hamentaschen, and there won't be hamentaschen without your help! Come help bake hamentaschen for Purim this Sunday, next Sunday, or both. It's a mitzvah, and it's fun- it's mitzfun!

For questions or to RSVP, contact the Beth Jacob office at
[email protected] or 651-452-2226.
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Social Justice Committee Presents: 
Jim Bear Jacobs 
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Saturday, February 2  
1:00 pm

Jim Bear Jacobs' work to get people talking about race and American Indian history started with a dream.  That dream has propelled him to a leadership position in telling the story of American Indians, particularly, the story of the US Dakota War, what led to it and how Native American history unfolded from that war.  
On February 2, Jim Bear will bring that story to Beth Jacob in a learning session sponsored by the Social Justice Committee. 

Babysitting will be available.

You may want to read, watch or listen to one or more of the following in order to come to the session with some knowledge of what is called the US Dakota War.
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Erev Shira
Saturday Evening, Feb. 2, 7:30 PM

 

Shira Schwartz A Night of Israeli Music with Shira Schwartz!

  

Join with Shira for a night of singing and great musical fun!

 

All music provided with words in Hebrew, English and transliteration.

 

Bring your voices and your instruments!

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World Wide Wrap
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Sunday, February 3 
8:45 am

Come join Beth Jacob and congregations throughout the world in performing the mitzvah of t'fillin at morning minyan,
followed by a light brunch and a brief program!

Extra Tefillin will be available to use for those who need them, or to purchase if you wish to have your own set.

 

If you have unused Tefillin, we do accept donations!

 

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Sisters in the Hood
 

Feb. 10, 3-5 pm 


Masking our Realities:

Ways in which we hide and reveal our real selves

  

 

Please let Barb know you will be attending:  

Please bring a dairy or pareve dish to share!

For more information:
Margie Newman at [email protected] 
or 612-300-6111 
 or
Leslie Morris at [email protected] or 612-823-9952
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We'd love to have you join us for delicious food and good conversation!
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BJC Trip To Israel
Trip to Israel The website is up for Beth Jacob's group trip to Israel! Click here to find all the tour, itinerary, and pricing information, and register to participate today!

(Be sure to make your reservation before February 20th.)
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The Beth Jacob Dish Collaborative

We use reusable dishes at home - why not also in our home-away-from-home, our shul?

Starting in February, join this new Kiddush lunch collaborative to reduce waste and build camaraderie.

  

How it works  Preserve Tableware

Klei Kodesh is entirely voluntary, and all are welcome to join:

  • Pay a one-time fee of $7 per person; $25 family maximum.
  • Commit to dishwashing duty 4-5 times a year, rolled into your kitchen duty commitments.

Each Klei Kodesh member receives:

  • A place setting of Preserve� recycled plastic tableware, stored and rolled out on a cart for Kiddush luncheon each Shabbat along with the shul's stainless flatware.
  • Training in water-conserving dishwashing techniques.

 

For more information:

 

Sign up here

 

If the requirements for participation constitute a hardship and you would like to join in, please contact Rabbi Emma to discuss options.
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Emtza Region Winter Shabbaton-

Housing Needed!

Feb 8-10

USY at 60 Beth Jacob is hosting Emtza Region USY Winter Shabbaton, a home hospitality convention, and could use some of the aforementioned hospitality!  If you would like to host USYers in your home for the weekend, click this link to sign up.

 

To register for the convention as a USYer, click here.

 

Questions? Contact:

Beth Jacob Info:

 

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Next Meetings:

Feb. 2 & 16

 

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9:15 - 10:00 am

 

Twice a Month for Winter and Spring!

 

Next Meetings:

Feb. 9 & 23; March 9 & 23; April 27; May 11

 

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  • There is NO 8th Grade Shalshelet.

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Kiddush Food

 

We daven and then we eat.  But there's more to it than that.  Some of us come just in time for kiddush; some of us shmooze all afternoon.  Some of us are grateful to hang with other grownups while our kids get lunch; some of us look forward to those kitchen duty calls all year.  We meet new people; we visit with old friends.  We talk with a lot of people, or just a few.  We share what's on our hearts or kibbitz about whatever playoffs are coming up next.  Kiddush is our space and time for connecting as a community, and how we are at kiddush is an expression of our values.  

Come talk with other Beth Jacob folks about how you spend your kiddush -- what you love and what you wish for -- and what we create together as a community in our hour together on shabbes afternoons. 
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Monday Night Limud 

7:00 Pre-learning Schmooze and Munch

7:15 Class Begins

 
Talmud Class
With Rabbi Allen

Study the words and thoughts of Rabbinic tradition as a living text in our modern world.  

 

  

Learners Siddur

Learner's Minyan Course

With Rabbi Kippley-Ogman

Unravel the structure, choreography, and meaning of the Shabbat morning service. No previous background in Hebrew or Jewish education is necessary, just the desire to learn.

 

Class Schedule: Jan. 7, 14, 21 & 28; Feb. 4, 11 & 25; March 4, 11 & 18
Participants must register for this 10-week course;  Register Now!

  

 

 

 

Open Torah

Parashat HaShavuah: Tuesday Afternoons

With Rabbi Allen - 4-5:00 pm
Study of this week's Torah portion.   

   

 
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Bracha and Bagel: Wednesday Mornings
With Rabbi Kippley-Ogman - after Minyan
 Study short passages from our rabbinic tradition, 
including the Mishna and the Talmud.
Join together for a 10-minute Shiur and light breakfast. 
 
 
Shabbat Learning

 

For the Jew in the Pew 

With Rabbi Liberman - 9:15-9:55 am Saturdays

A Shabbat Morning Torah Conversation.

Class Schedule: January 26; February 2, 23

Community Events

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January is J-Pride Survey month!

 

Help determine the future of J-Pride; an organization for Twin Cities Jewish LGBT people, their families, allies and friends.
Throughout the month of January you can help J-Pride by filling out this survey at:
Surveymonkey.com/s/JPride

 

Let your voice be heard! For Twin Cities LGBT folks, allies, families and friends.

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Hillel Presents:

U of MN Charity Variety Show

 Thursday, January 31st, 7 pm

Memorial Hall at McNamara Alumni Center 

 

You are invited to the First annual U of MN Variety Show! Come prepared to see the talent that the University of Minnesota has to offer from tap dancing, a cappella groups, jugglers and singer-songwriters! You don't want to miss this opportunity. The event will kickoff with an hour pre-show happy hour featuring Jewish organizations around the Twin Cities. Don't miss your chance to connect and learn more about Jewish life in the Cities post-college. Tickets are bought at the door and are $5 for students and $10 for community members. ALL PROCEEDS are going to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Please be part of a good cause!

 

 RSVP now

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A View Down the Road: Four Decades of Feminist Art

 

Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2 p.m.

Robbin Gallery, 


Cost: $10 (students: $5)

 

 

"Aleph" by Artist Jane Bassuk

Minnesota has been home to WARM (Women's Art Resources of Minnesota), an important center for American feminist art, since 1973. Riv-Ellen Prell and Naomi Zeveloff, deputy culture editor at The Jewish Daily Forward, join artists Joyce Lyon, Rachel Breen, and Jane Bassuk as they consider ideals of social activism that have impacted art made by Jewish women over the past 40 years.

 

Click here to reserve tickets online or contact the Rimon office at 952-381-3449.

JWMC

Jewish Women's Morning at the Capitol

Wednesday, February 20, 8:45am-3:00pm

 

Jewish Women's Morning at the Capitol (JWMC), organized annually by the National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah, is joining forces with the Minnesota Choice Coalition's Pro-Choice Lobby Day. As we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and a pro-choice majority in the Senate for the first time in decades, we can look forward to advancing women's reproductive healthcare and defending our rights to reproductive choice. That's why for this year's JWMC we have decided to stand together with the Choice Coalition to ensure that reproductive healthcare is included in Minnesota's Healthcare Exchange under the Affordable Care Act.
 
Join us for this incredible opportunity to meet your legislators as we stand together to move Minnesota's women forward.
 
Schedule:
  • 8:45am for breakfast and a legislative update
  • 10:00 for "Lobbying 101" and an education session on Choice in Faith-Based Communities, Inequity and Access, or Starting the Conversation
  • 11:00 for an inspirational rally in the rotunda followed by our Jewish Women's Luncheon
  • 12:30 for lobbying appointments with your legislators  
We hope you will stay all day (8:45am-3:00pm) but feel free to join in as your schedule allows. The event is free and open to everyone, but registration is required.
 
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Help Federation Plan for the Future

 

The Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul is conducting a Community Planning Process which will begin with listening sessions throughout our community. Between March and May 2013, in dozens of small-group conversations, Jews and people living in Jewish households will be invited to discuss with each other what they value about our community as well matters of personal and communal concern affecting them. We want to understand why their concerns are important and what they believe are organized ways we can support each other to build, strengthen and sustain our community. By the end of the process, we hope to involve at least 400 people representing a diverse cross-section of individuals.

 

 More Information/How to Participate

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